Car Suggestion

My 17 year old son recently got I to cars, and wanting to work on them. Right now he has a 2001 Lexus ES300. There is nothing wrong with it and nothing to work on. So we were thinking about getting a different car, one that we can work on and improve.
I want to keep insurance down, so no turbos. But it would be nice for him to have a fun car to drive.
Safety is a must. He wanted a CRX until realizing they would kill him.
Front or all wheel drive would be necessary, we live in the midwest.
He and I both prefer Japanese cars, me and the Mrs both have Subaru, so he's grown up liking them.
What's the best option here?
Pic semi unrelated (would be his dream car)

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>Subaru

Get him an Impreza

Find a 2.5RS, and do a father-son STI swap.

>Front or all wheel drive would be necessary

If he has a different DD I don't see why this is the case

anyways

Miata
Nissan Z car
subaru impreza (first gen coupe with the 2.2)

>me and the mrs both have a subaru
Then it's settled, get him an evo

We would be replacing his lexus, no room for 5 cars, and it would be nice not to spend so much.

Step 1: Get Outback Sport
Step 2: Lift that bitch with Forester suspension
Step 3: knobby tyres
Step 4: hell yeah

has to be fun, front-wheel or all wheel drive, no turbo and japanese..

here you go

This looks like a really promising car. Seems hard to find though